Conor McGregor taunts Floyd Mayweather: I outboxed you for 5 rounds!

Conor McGregor has his hands wrapped before his boxing match with Floyd Mayweather

McGregor, the reigning UFC lightweight champion, 29, took on 'Money' Mayweather in a multi-million-pound bout in late August.

The first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles simultaneously entered the 'The Money Fight' with no professional boxing experience to his name, a fact which led many to completely write off his chances of coming out of the contest victorious.

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However, he failed to maintain the ferocious pace he set in the early rounds and quickly succumbed to fatigue, which paved the way for Mayweather to register his 50th professional victory with a tenth round technical knockout.

McGregor’s display in the early rounds shocked many of the fight’s critics, who believed the Irishman didn’t deserve to share the ring his legendary opponent.

“I outboxed him and he didn't know what the f**k was going on”

Conor McGregor on his boxing match with Floyd Mayweather

'The Notorious' was impressed with his performance in 'The Money Fight' and believes he schooled Mayweather before fatigue took a hold of him.

“I improved my boxing skill to an extent," Ireland's first UFC belt holder said at a Q&A in Glasgow this past weekend. “Everyone was saying to me get in and ragdoll him and muscle him from the bell.

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Conor McGregor impressed manu in the early rounds of his boxing match with Floyd Mayweather

“And I could've gone in and done that. But I out-skilled him, I outboxed him early. You can't deny that.

"I outboxed him and he didn't know what the f**k was going on.

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Conor McGregor entered his bout with Floyd Mayweather with no professional boxing experience

“He just covered up his head and walked forward. When the f**k have you ever seen him do that?

“It is what it is, but I still feel like I could beat him under boxing rules. We'll see what happens though.”

McGregor believes a rematch between himself and the recently-retired Mayweather would have a completely different outcome.

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Conor McGregor believes he would beat Floyd Maywesther in a rematch

"I know if I went another go with him, under boxing rules, I'd get that win, I know that," he said. "I know that. I know by the feeling of him in the first fight.

"He had to change his whole approach. He fought completely than he (usually) fought, he couldn't figure out what I was doing early on.

"I feel with the lessons I learned from that first fight, if I had another go around, I'd get him."

Despite believing he defeat Mayweather in a rematch, McGregor won't be calling out the former five-weight world champion any time soon.

He added: "It's a dangerous game we're in. I'm not going to start calling him out. I'll sit back and wait and I'll fight."

McGregor has yet to make a decision on who he will fight next and has opted to wait until seeing who wins the interim lightweight title bout between Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee before contemplating his next move.

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Conor McGregor in action against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205

"I'll wait to see what happens this weekend (next weekend)," he said when asked if he would wait to fight Nate Diaz. "There's a few options.

"I'm just going to put a few options out there and then see what bounces back. I could still fight at the end of the year."

Many mixed martial arts fans are keen for McGregor's next fight to be a rubber match with his bitter rival Nate Diaz. His head coach, John Kavanagh, also wants that fight.

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Conor McGregor's next fight could be a rubber match with Nate Diaz

“If it was my choice, and I must stress that this is only my choice and that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen, it would be Nate Diaz in March,” Kavanagh told MMA Fighting's Peter Carroll last Wednesday. “That’s what I would push towards.

“I have in my head that it would be a Paddy’s Day card in New York, Nate Diaz 3. I think that would be absolutely amazing. That’s what I would wish for.

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Conor McGregor's head coach John Kavanagh wants a trilogy fight with Nate Diaz

“That’s what I’ll be leaning towards with my 0.1 percent influence when I meet with Conor and Audie (Attar) tomorrow.